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(Video has no sound) FLIR1 is the second of three US military videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) approved for public release. The footage was captured by a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet present at the 2004 Nimitz incident off the coast of San Diego. Pilot interviews state that the UAP was hovering at 24,000 feet.

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